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Jeaucs fnipt about the edges, and fharpe pointed,andvpon the reft of the ftalke grow alfo three or I 
foure narrow (harp pointed leaues.The floures which are of a purple colour, at firft referable tliofe : 
of the la ft defcribed ; but afterwards parte tbemfelues into fine (lender firings with threds in tlie 
middles ; which decaying, they are fucceeded by little cups ending in fine little pointels,and con- 
taining a fmall yellow feed. This is defcribed by F abuts Columns, vnderthe name of Rtpimtmm 
Corniculatum montmim And I receiued feeds and roots hereof from M'L Goodyer, who found it 
growing plentifully wilde in the inclofed chalkie hilly grounds by Maple-Durham neere Peterf. 
fieldin Hampfhire. 
6 This which is defcribed in his Cura pojler, by the name of Pyramidalis, and was firft 
found and fent to him by Gregory de Reggio a. Capuchine Frier, is alfo of this kindred^ wherefore 
I will giue you a briefe defcription thereof. The root is white, and long lafting ; from which come 
diuers round hairie and vvrithen ftalkes, about a fpan long more or leffe. At the top of thefe (talks 
and all amongft the leaues, grow many elegant blew floures, which are fucceeded by feed veflels 
Iikethofe ofthe lefler Troehelium, being full ofa finall feed. The whole plant yeelds milke like as 
the reft of this kinde, and the leaues as well in fhape as hoarineffe on then vnder (ides, well refera- 
ble thofe of the fecond French or Golden Lungvvoort of my defcription. It was firft found grow- 
ing in thethinkesof hard rockes about the mouthes of Caues, in the mountaines of Brefcia jn 
Italybythe foie faid Frier. % 
t j Ropwcftlut Corniculutus montanus. t 6 Rapunculus.faxatilisAve Pyrmidalis alter 
f The Place. 
The firft is fowne and fet in Gardens, efpecially becaufe the rootes are eaten in Sallads. 
The fecond groweth in woods and (hadowie places, in fat and clayie foiles. 
*f TheTime, 
They floure in May 3 Iune, and Iuly, 
The Names. 
Rampions by a generall name are called Rapmium and Rapunculu* ; and the firft by reafon of 
the long fpokie tufte of floures is called Rapuntium mains \^ilopecuri comofo flore by Lobtll 
and Pena-. Rapunculttm fylttcjlre, and R.ipttnculus fyUestris Jpicatiis by others. The fecond, which 
is 
